Remember team. We're stronger together.
After the biggest strike in my generation (so far), they executed a white guy upstanding citizen who was helping a woman after being pepper sprayed, showing that even the most supposedly privileged class has no rights when they stand against a fascist government. They want us to be afraid, but it is backfiring, and now they are afraid - for a moment. They'll make some small concessions now - even my local R rep spoke out against this shooting - and the needle will move in the fascist direction somewhat more slowly than they would like.
I would prefer to see the full dismantling of the fascist branches of the government and a return to global economic cooperation so that eggs don't cost ten f*cking dollars a dozen and I don't have nightmares about ICE agents breaking into my home and stealing me away from my family because I support the rights awarded to us all in the constitution (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness). They taught you to blame migrants, queers, black and brown people for their economic retardation / regression and lack of imaginative, effective leadership. Some of you like seeing these scapegoats get scapegoated but it ain't helping you when bad news at the doctor turns into a f*cking death sentence. It ain't helping you when the jobs aren't there, the rent is too damn high, and every storm turns into a multi billion dollar disaster to recover from. Those who have been at the wheel of government (and I include lots of Ds in that ledger) have sold us all out for a long time. If you've conceded to the cultural wars just remember we are all equal under god's eyes and all this noise is designed to divide you from your neighbors and family and make us forget our collective power.
